[Rhodes22-list] Wet in the Med

Sun Jun 24 02:44:56 EDT 2018

Ha Richard!
                  Sounds like you would have married my wife if hadn't
gotten to Munich before you!  Too funny.  Yes I will have sailed off to
somewhere else.  I will caution you about exploring bars here in Spain,
especially the more seedy ones.  After reading your email I, uh, well told
them, you would be picking up my bar tabs and gave them your name and
picture. (evil grin).

The to do list is getting shorter and just have to get rid of the stinkin'
trailer.  Had to change out as expected my propane tank, regulator for the
stove and control valve for the little propane canisters for the BBQ.
Still need to go over the electrical system it is acting a bit odd.  It
seems we might have to move the waterline closer to the rub rail.  Where
does all this "esential" crap come from.  I think it must have been cloning
itself while in storage.

What a cool country and area.   We spent a leisurely 2 hours sampling tapas
and drinks in the main plaza here in Matero and then went back to the boat
to sleep.  Ha!    It was a very big holiday last night/today, Saint John's
day here in Catalonia.  To demonstrate ones religious fervor one sets off
vast, ney, epic quantities of fireworks; for hours, ney, the whole night.
I thought New Years in Naples involved more explosive than used in WWII but
this place came close last night.  Just when you would drift into sleep,
BAM! Someone with access to some M-80's or flash-bangs would let loose.  It
was fun!  Oh here is the first of the last steps to go sailing here in
Spain.  I am now flying both the Spanish flag and Catalonian flag.  See
attached.

Chris & Alice Geankoplis
ENOSIS I

On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 2:58 PM, Sling via Rhodes22-list <
rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:

>
> Hi Chris,
>
>
> I am beginning to believe you are the perfect stranger.  Every time I get
> to a place you have visited, you have slipped your anchor and headed on.  I
> almost caught sight of you in Los Cabos, again in Port Townsend and again
> in upstate New York.  I will be in Barcelona in late September early
> October on my way to join a cruise on the Duoro river in Portugal.  I
> suspect you will have moved on by then and I will search the countless bars
> north of Barcelona in vain.  I enjoy your writing and look forward to
> reading about you on Meds and actually catching sight of you someday.  Joe
> Riley S/V Second Wind Lake Hartwell.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Geankoplis <chrisgeankoplis at gmail.com>
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Thu, Jun 21, 2018 3:57 pm
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Wet in the Med
>
> Hey Richard,
>                   I assume you have read "Accidental Sailor" about how he
> ended up in the Med?.  Actually funny you mentioned him.  I contacted him
> about my intention to do what I am doing and we exchanged a lot of emails
> and problem solved a lot of challenges.  He actually was instrumental in
> connecting me with some key people that made this happen.  Yeh his guides
> are excellent, I own almost all of them.
>
>  Hopefully it will not take me 21 years to get to Ithaca and my wife has no
> suitors, only me!  Nothing exciting to report other than Alice arrived
> yesterday and our first full day started slow as she was adjusting to the 6
> hour time difference.  12:00 noon found us at one of the many cafes
> overlooking the marina and about 8 miles of coast north. Alice drank her 2
> cups of coffee and had her pastry, and I enjoyed a cold beer.  There were
> probably more cafes and restaurants along this stretch of coast than in the
> whole of the Bahamas.  We enjoy each venu, but it is kind of easy on the
> constitution to sit back and enjoy epicurean aspect of Spain. Got a deal on
> a 6 kg (13 lbs) Rocna and had to do a few  mods. to make it fit on the
> bow.  Has anyone ever put a bow roller (offset) on their boat?  Around 1:00
> pm had a nice lunch on the boat  with air cured thinly slice ham on fresh
> baked bred and lots of fruit.  Then go invited out for another lunch at 3,
> so of course we went and had a very nice light Thai 2nd lunch, sounds sort
> like a Hobbit's diet.  Maybe tomorrow I'll work on the mast.  Hmm, who was
> it that turned Odysseus' men into pigs?  Must have happened here in Spain.
>
> Chris & Alice (now)
> Enosis I
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 3:17 AM, Richard Beytagh <rbeytagh at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I fear we may never hear from you again once you start your odyssey.
> > Cruising the Med is so compelling you may end up like Rod Heikell who
> > started sailing the Med in the 80's and is still at it, and who writes
> the
> > best pilot Guides to the Med. A worthwhile investment
> >
> >
> > ~~~ _/) ~~~
> >
> > Richard Beytagh
> > Phone: 828 337 0180
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 16, 2018 at 1:32 PM Chris Geankoplis <
> > chrisgeankoplis at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > The boat is in and now I can deal with water based issues instead of
> land
> > > based ones (grin). Below is a link to a Google doc that has some
> > pictures.
> > > Hopefully the link will not be scrubbed.
> > >
> > >
> > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vx2P6iVxc_s21FGHDm_u7-
> > tGcgYHoFCM/view?usp=sharing
> > >
> > >
> > > Chris Geankoplis
> > > S/V Enosis
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